Young Point Guards' ceilings

What would you say would be the career best statlines for each of the following young (Point Guards?

Just wondering because it is quickly becoming a very very deep position and its getting to the point where it will be impossible to say who is the best one. I believe we all have sort of an idea of where D.Rose, Westbrook and a few others might be headed but these are three who have shown a good deal of improvement this year.

Who’ll Have Room in 2013?: Projecting out the salary cap position for NBA teams is never an easy task. Things like team options, player options and options for early free agency are huge unknowns. Equally, in July of 2013 the NBA will set the salary cap figures based on the new Collective Bargaining Agreement formula, which gives a larger portion of total revenues to the owners. Based on how the league does financially, the salary cap could go down or remain flat because of the shift in percentages that kick in, in July.

Parallels could be drawn between this season and Aldridge's rookie year in 2006, when the team was trying to crawl out of the Jail Blazers era when it was known for its off-court trouble. But the 6-foot-11 power forward says there's a difference this season.

“The doctors gave me the okay, and I knew it was going to be a struggle at first, and it still is,” Green said. “I’m not at one hundred percent yet. That’s what I’m using the preseason for: to get in shape, to better my game and do things I need to improve on. I still got work to do.”

With the NBA removing the center position from the All-Star ballot, many players who used to be center eligible will likely see a significant drop in the number of fan votes. Of course, many of these same players’ games more closely resemble that of a traditional power forward than that of a center. Anderson Varejao of the Cleveland Cavaliers may be the classic example of a power forward playing center in the NBA over the past few seasons, but apparently, that is about to change.

“I think people did get a little spoiled,” Scott said. “Kyrie is just so different, too. The kid is just so talented, but if people remember, he didn’t just set the world on fire in his first game against Toronto. It took him a while, too. First picks, fourth picks, it really doesn’t matter. As long as you’re a rookie it’s going to take some time to adjust to the NBA style of basketball, period.”

Smart’s biggest challenge when he took over the Kings last year was to gain the trust of DeMarcus Cousins and help him grow into a player and a person who is a franchise cornerstone. That process got off to a great start last season, and Cousins seems to have taken the next step heading into the new season.90788906896

If being without him for the first five-to-six weeks of the regular season is the price they have to pay to have him to be completely healthy the rest of the year, it would be well worth it. If Nowitzki were to get surgery on Oct. 23, a week from today, a maximum recovery time of six weeks would have him back sometime in early December. That would keep him out roughly 20 games.i578575

With a little over two months away from his 30th birthday and a family rooting for him to succeed, Curry looks like he’s humbled and ready to start over and turn over a new leaf in the NBA. Just taking a look at the much slimmer Curry this October, it’s apparent that he’s put in the time and effort to get his weight and diet under control.gdsfd

What We Learned From the Preseason: There was a lot of hope that the Wizards would compete for a playoff spot after making some big offseason changes, but thanks to a knee injury to John Wall that will keep him out until November, the rest of the Washington offense has looked pretty unimpressive. Brad Beal is going to take time to develop, Nene is already hurt and the rest of the roster is remarkably devoid of big-name talent. Martell Webster was the team’s leading scorer in the preseason, if that tells you anything. This season might be longer for the Wizards than we originally thought.

What We Learned From the Preseason: Jeff Green looks fine, for one. He played more preseason minutes for the Celtics than anybody else on the team this side of Rajon Rondo and scored the ball well, shot a high clip from the floor, hauled in some rebounds and played great defense. It’s been fantastic to see him back after a nightmare year away from the game.

With the start of the regular season just a few days away the Oklahoma City Thunder made a major trade, sending James Harden, Daequan Cook, Cole Aldrich and Layzard Hayward to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb, two first-round picks and a second-round pick. Thunder general manager Sam Presti met with the media on Sunday to discuss the shocking deal that nobody saw coming, how the new pieces fit in and more.vsdfe32